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chit

1  [chit]
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–noun
1. a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
2. any receipt, voucher, or similar document, esp. of an informal nature.
3. Chiefly British. a note; short memorandum.
Origin:
1775–85; short for chitty < Hindi chiṭṭī

chit

2  [chit]
–noun
a child or young person, esp. a pert girl.
Origin:
1350–1400; for sense of “the young of an animal”; 1615–25 for current sense; ME; perh. akin to kitten or kid

chit

3  [chit]
–noun Hinduism.
cit.

cit

  [chit]
–noun Hinduism.
pure consciousness.
Also, chit.

Origin:
< Skt
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chit 1   (chĭt)   
n.  
  1. A statement of an amount owed for food and drink; a check.
  2. A short letter; a note.
  3. A Brownie point: earned vital chits with his party by making fundraising speeches.

[Obsolete chitty, from Hindi ciṭṭhī, note, letter, from Sanskrit *citrikā, *citritā, note.]
chit 2   (chĭt)   
n.  
  1. A child.
  2. A saucy girl or young woman.

[Middle English, young animal.]
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Chit

Chit\ (ch[i^]t), n. [Cf. AS. c[=i][eth] shoot, sprig, from the same root as c[=i]nan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]

1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

A little chit of a woman. --Thackeray.

3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]

4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. --Knight.

Chit

Chit\, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.

I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer.

Chit

Chit\, 3d sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Chit

Chit\, Chitty \Chit"ty\, n. [Hind. chi[.t][.t][=i].]

1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : chit
Spanish: nota,
German: der Zettel,
Japanese: 伝票
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chit  (1)
"note," 1776, from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Skt. chitra-s "distinctively marked."

chit  (2)
"small child," c.1624, originally "young of a beast" (1382); unrelated to chit (1), perhaps connected to kitten.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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